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The Planetary Report is the internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries on Earth and other planets.
This quarterly magazine reaches members of The Planetary Society all over the world, with news about planetary missions, spacefaring nations, intrepid explorers, planetary science controversies and the latest findings in humankind's exploration of the solar system.
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Download a subject index to the first 20 years of The Planetary Report (1980-2001)
Past Issues of The Planetary Report
Mapping Pluto
The Giant's Baleful Eye, by Emily Stewart Lakdawalla; Here and Now: Our Unique Perspective, by Bill Nye; Zooming in on Pluto: Using the Hubble Space Telescope to Map a Faraway World, by Marc E. Buie; Changes from Within, by Jim Bell; LightSail Update: Testing, Learning, and Waiting, by Louis D. Friedman; Fun with Microrovers, by Bruce Betts
The Year in Pictures
Looking Aft, Looking Forward, by Bill Nye; The Quest to Explore Mercury, by Peter D. Bedini and Louise M. Prockter; 2010: The Year in Pictures, by Emily Stewart Lakdawalla; LightSail Update: Assembling the Spacecraft, by Louis D. Friedman; Shoemaker NEO Grants, by Bruce Betts
Akatsuki to Venus
Learning More, Faster...Like Rocket Science, by Bill Nye; Out of This World Books; LightSail Update, by Louis D. Friedman; Akatsuki: Toward the Morning Star, by Takeshi Imamura; New Design Competition: Human Mission to an Asteroid, by Bruce Betts
Hayabusa Returns
Passing the Torch: The Planetary Society's New Executive Director; Looking for ET Using Laser Light, by Bruce Betts; Hayabusa Returns! by Emily Lakdawalla; Solar Sail Update: IKAROS Deploys and LightSail Moves Forward, by Louis D. Friedman
Why Go Into Space?
LightSail Update: Firming Up the Spacecraft Design, by Louis D. Friedman; World Watch: The New Plan for Human Exploration, by Louis D. Friedman; Why Go Into Space, by Stephen Hawking; Asteroids, DVDs, and Dust, by Bruce Betts